GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

schillern

shimmer; shine in changing colors

Das Tuch schillerte im wechselnden Licht so unterschiedlich, dass wir uns erst draußen darauf einigen konnten, welche Farbe eigentlich überwog.

The fabric shimmered so differently as the light changed that we could only agree on which color predominated once we were outside.

shift ambiguously between meanings or qualities

Sein Versprechen schillerte zwischen ehrlicher Anteilnahme und geschickter Selbstinszenierung, weshalb ich mich mit einer vorschnellen Bewertung zurückhielt.

His promise hovered ambiguously between sincere sympathy and skillful self-presentation, which is why I held back from judging it too quickly.

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